Nicoleta Banciulea

Romania's resident population was 19.186 million on January 1, 2021, down by 142,600 people from January 1, 2020, with the female population being in the majority, at 9.795 million, which is 51% of total, according to provisional data published by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).

Bucharest, Aug 25 /Agerpres/ - The Memorandum of Understanding proposed by the Ministry of Investment and European Projects (MIPE) for the collaboration between the Government of Romania and the European Investment Bank (EIB) to support European-funded projects 2021-2027 was approved on Wednesday, in the Government's meeting, according to a release sent to AGERPRES.

Unemployment in Bucharest City levelled out at 1.2% in July, 2021, with 14,745 unemployed registered with the Bucharest Employment Agency, of whom 7,895 women, according to a press statement released on Monday. Out of the total of 14,745 registered unemployed, 3,557 were drawing unemployment benefits, and 11,188 were not.

Electrical energy, natural gas and cooking oil had the highest price increases in the past year, July 2020 to July 2021, while potatoes recorded the highest decrease in price, according to data from the National Institute for Statistics published on Wednesday.

Romania's nuclear industry currently provides 11,000 jobs, and this number could increase to 20,000 as a result of the new nuclear construction projects planned, the Romanian Atomic Forum (ROMATOM) said in a statement today.

Pay in Romania's Horeca industry have increased by up to 20% since 2019, according to more than half of the representatives of such companies participating in a recent survey, with some instances of average salaries exceeding 4,000 lei, according to data centralised by an online recruitment platform released on Tuesday.

Industrial producer prices, domestic and non-domestic market, increased by 11.8% in Romania in June 2021 y-o-y, according to data published on Tuesday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS). In June 2021, industrial producer prices, total, domestic and non-domestic market increased by 2.1% on a monthly basis.

The last victim of a trench collapse accident occurred around 16:00 hrs at a building site near the National Library in Bucharest has been found, the Bucharest-Ilfov Inspectorate for Emergency Situations announced on Monday evening. Efforts are underway to free the man. Five workers of building contractor S.C.

Financial analysts anticipate this year's budget deficit will be 6.4 percent of GDP and the inflation rate over a 12-month time horizon, respectively June 2022 - June 2021, to be 3.75 percent, Romania's chartered financial analysts association CFA Romania said in a release. At the same time, none of the survey participants predicts a decrease in the inflation rate in the next 12 months.

The National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) is a unique exercise because all details must be set ex ante - unlike the usual European funds where allocations are decided beforehand and actual projects are made later, Minister of European Investment and Projects (MIPE) Cristian Ghinea said on Friday. "Ciolacu, let's talk with resignation on the table!